38 thoughts on “Behringer DeepMind 12 Now Available”

1. I wonder if those wooden panels are real or are they plastic like in Timbre Wolf?

   1. 6:55 will tell you.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13-i3ok5biQ&feature=em-uploademail

   2. They are wooden but, does it really matter? Real wood will not make DCOs analog…
      In other words, I can plug in my iPad into one of the countless VCF modules available on the market today and make it sound just as “Analog” as Behringer is 😉

      1. A DCO is analog. Or at the very least hybrid. If you can ever find an ipad app that can sound as ‘analog’ as a JX8P, i’ll eat my metaphorical hat. Also, well-implemented digital hardware is pretty great in its own right, and the Deepmind looks nothing if not well-implemented.

         1. Well, the DeepMind sounds more digital than analog, regardless of the DCOs. Very good synth for a wide creative palette for pads, fx, arps, etc, but not very present and ballsy for leads/basses. The real VCOs in the current Korg analogs are fat and present in comparison. Still, the DeepMind is a great buy and a huge new step forward for analog tech.

            1. Always surprising when digital recordings on youtube sound like digital recordings on youtube.

      2. ffs. How many times do we have to go down the “DCOs Are Analog” road? Juno 106, Elka Synthex, etc etc. Sigh.

      3. maybe wiki dco, for starters…… cant believe you said that…..

2. http://www.adorama.com/BEDEEPMIND12.html?gclid=CNafwNvdmtECFZSDfgod_GsC4w listing the rack mount version

   1. Wow. That’s pretty unscrupulous. These images are the renders Uli posted to Gearslutz “for feedback” a while ago, for those who may not know. As of now there is NO announcement, prototype, or concrete future plans for such a unit. Anyone who says otherwise is just speculating. Which is fine, provided it is clearly labeled as speculation, which this sale listing isn’t.

      1. Actually, there is a working prototype. Uli stated as much, and an actual photo of it was posted on this site back in November:
         https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2016/11/11/behringer-teases-899-deepmind-12-desktop-synthesizer/
         But I agree with you as far as everything else goes… As of now, it appears that there are no plans to make this.

      2. I know for a fact that there’s a working prototype, because it’s currently sitting about 5 metres away from me. 🙂

      3. It’s becoming common practice that retailers list gear once somebody posts a blurry jpg to the web, even if the piece of gear is still just a vague plan. Then people get angry at the manufacturer for not delivering something that is listed on the shop as a pre-order… feeling they robbed them of their money, while it’s really only the retailer’s doing…
         If even a huge corp like Behringer has a hard time dealing with this type of thing… imagine the small makers…

3. Not impressed Kong and Arturia have nothing to worry about here.

   1. For King Kong these would be mini-mini keys so I don’t think he is interested. Korg, on the other hand, has a King Korg that sounds very nice so I too think they don’t have anything to worry about.

      Sorry, couldn’t resist 😉

   2. Depends on which Arturia analog polysynth you are refering to.

      …oh…hold on a second… ^^

4. It isn’t showing in any major Australian retailer website

5. ordered B-)

6. Why more expensive in the US than Germany???

   1. 999$ is more than 1198€ ?

      1. idk the out-the-door US price but 1198 euro includes VAT and keyboard

         1. So it’s 1006€ without German VAT, which is 1051$.

   2. Actually, in Europe, we’re going to pay it 250$ more than you, although Behringer is a German company hahahaha. Remember, on every product there’s an “omg why you live in Europe” tax, so that we’re charged with about a 10-20% on the final US price. The same goes with smartphones and a lot of tech stuff.

7. Now there will be a world wide creative boost with millions of songs never possible before!

   1. Happy new year to you as well 🙂
      Where are the days when I was so naively and unlimited positive about the future?

8. Sold out in Thomann already

   1. Always wonder about these kind of responses. Sold out while not even one unit shipped?

      1. because shipping isn’t instant, in particulary around new year. should be arriving jan 2 or 3.

9. Looks to me similar as the original teaser videos. I’ll believe it when it is actually in the stores. And what about the tabletop version?

   1. From Uli Behringer’s statement regarding the desktop version from back in November:
      “While this is a working sample, we have not yet decided if we will actually put it in production.”
      Maybe they’ll bring the desktop prototype to NAMM, and release it in the spring/summer after they’ve seen the sales figures from the initial few runs of the keyboard version… Who knows?

   2. Just found out:
      The Behringer Deepmind 12 keyboard version is now officially listed by Meinl / Music group, the owner of Behringer, on their website. As yet the only entry in a new section “Synthesizers and Samplers”. Delivery dates shouted by music stores range from January till March 2017, so that is still an open question. Prices listed by various music stores range a little bit between 1170 and 1310 (which seems to be the adviced retail price) euros (in Europe 🙂 ).

10. on Thomann available on February 24…In two months saveral things happen…

11. I am waiting to see how available “now” really is.
    In all realty I can’t see the vast majority of orders being fulfilled until the and of July 2017 but we shall see.
    Long term reliability and service issues should prove interesting to watch.
    When many people realize this synth isn’t the second coming and it hits the second hand market (and it will) what are resale prices going to be like on an item that is so readily available.
    It doesn’t sound to shabby at all but I’d rather play smart and hedge my bets on the secondhand market at the end of 2107.

    1. My guy at Sweetwater said they got 500 units, enough to ship all their preorders and still take more, so, there’s that.

       1. I got an email from my guy at Sweetwater at the beginning of the week that my DM12 will be shipping in a couple of days. He was very excited.

    2. I can’t wait that long. By 2107 I’ll be dead and gone …
       (Just to make fun of a typo and indicate what happens when you get overexcited about a new toy 🙂 )

12. Nick likes it, and so do I. Bring on the module version! 😀

13. Why would a store lie about it being available? Mine is currently on the way here with DHL (from Thomann).